Osun Police Name Ijesa HoR Member, Sanya Omirin In Alleged Murder Plot

The Osun State Police Command has alleged the involvement of the lawmaker representing Ijesha South Federal Constituency, Sanya Omirin, in plotting the murder of some people in Ijesaland.

The police made this known while parading a popular political thug, Bode Owoeye also known as “Bode Itaapa” and two others on Friday for alleged murder.

Speaking during the parade of the suspects at the Command’s Headquarters, Osogbo, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, explained that ‘Bode Itaapa’ was working with Sanya Omirin.

She noted that the suspect said Omirin was the one who usually gave them instructions through another wanted cultist Adefioye Solomon a.k.a. Solo Iwara who is responsible for some killings within the Ilesha axis.

According to her, “Bode Owoeye a.k.a. “Bode Itaapa” who was identified as a member of Aye confraternity is on the wanted list of Osun State Police.

“During interrogation, he confessed that other members of his Aye confraternity were responsible for the abduction and killing of one Kelechi Agha and Tega Robinson inside a bush around Iperindo.

“He also admitted that his group was the political thugs working for one Honourable Sanya Omirin who usually gives them instructions through another wanted cultist Adefioye Solomon a.k.a. Solo Iwara who is responsible for so many killings within the Ilesha axis.

“He confessed that they attacked one Honourable Ayodeji Olaolu, the APC candidate during the election into the House of Representatives in 2023, at the party secretariat and shot him on his head and chest.

“He further revealed that the confraternity had over 30 pump action rifles which were mostly procured before the 2023 election.

“Subsequently, the detectives arrested one Samuel David who was mentioned to be a member of Aye confraternity involved in the killing of one Ibrahim Taiwo a.k.a. Omo-Alhaja. During the investigations, the suspect mentioned his five fellow hitmen under Kehinde Itaapa who stormed the venue of the PDP rally on 21/02/2023 and killed the deceased.

She added that “Samuel David later took the detectives to Oke-Eta village where he kept one pump action gun, given to him by Bode Owoeye to perpetrate the crime and it was recovered as an exhibit. Olabode Owoeye stated further that he bought the gun from Mukaila Lateef who is his arms dealer who illegally sold some guns to him”, she disclosed.